Total Crime Rate

200.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 200.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.1 8/10
  • Drugs 21.1 10/10
  • Burglary 14.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.0 9/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Public order 10.5 7/10
  • Robbery 10.5 9/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Eglesfield Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Beacon and Bents , and the 85th highest crime rate of 528 local areas in South Tyneside .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Eglesfield Road (NE33 5PS) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 44.8% lower than the Beacon and Bents average (362.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 101.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Eglesfield Road (NE33 5PS), the main crime hotspot is near Milton Street. Police recorded 319 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Eglesfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/94)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Frost Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grace Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gordon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Clifton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clifton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ravensworth Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ravensworth Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ravensworth Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shakespeare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chichester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grace Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bedford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Beaufront Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaufront Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Chichester Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chichester Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chichester Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chichester Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bertram Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bedford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Jude'S Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Mark'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Eglesfield Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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